Senior Recruiting & Sourcing Executive 
Forward-thinking professional with a 10+ year career history supporting business strategy by sourcing and surfacing the right candidate for the right job at the senior level. Champion new technologies and support tools to present the highest caliber individual for the appropriate requisition, capitalizing on both internal and external resources. Drive professional recruitment standards by implementing bespoke executive search styles to fit roles across multiple business functions. Exceptional communicator with an innate ability to complete complex business requirements on time and under-budget.
Areas of Expertise
Candidate Sourcing – Resource Development & Strategy – Executive Research – Resume Writing – Project Management – 
Full-cycle Recruitment – HRIS reporting – Interviewing – Employee Relations

Professional Experience

Confidential, New York 2010 – Present
Multinational Financial Services corporation with 260K+ employees.

Vice President, Sourcing & Recruitment Research – Professional Recruitment

• Directly saved $475,000 worth of agency fees in the first 2 quarters of employment through direct sourcing of exempt and non-exempt hires.
• Source Vice President, Senior Vice President, Director and Managing Director-level roles domestically and globally for Transaction Services, Global Markets, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Human Resources.
• Drive first internal Sourcing Pilot; setting the standard for a newly implemented, high-touch, executive search-style recruiting model.
• Re-write, edit resumes appropriately to speak to and sell the candidate to their highest standard.
• Serve as subject matter expert around use of Cluen Encore LinkedIn Recruiter, efinancialcareers and The Ladders
• Source and drive attended for yearly Sourcing Events for Transaction Services and Global Markets Divisions
• Give presentations when necessary around Sourcing standards as well as ad hoc touch-points

Confidential, Weehawken, New Jersey 2006 – 2010
Global financial services company providing investment banking, assest & wealth management services for clients.

Associate Director, Sourcing Specialist, Wealth & Asset Management Recruiting [2007 – 2010]
Sourcing Consultant through CORE Staffing [2006 – 2007]

• Directly saved $200,000 worth of agency fees in 2008 through direct sourcing of exempt and non-exempt hires
• Drove agency and executive-search, sourcing approach; working smart and quickly in attracting candidates through various channels
• Partnered with Front, Middle, and Back Office Recruiters as appointed in offering SME sourcing expertise for tough-to-fill, Non-Officer to Executive Director roles for Wealth Management and Asset Management
• Phone screened Exempt, Non-Exempt, or Diversity candidates applying them across the board
• Re-wrote, edited resumes appropriately to speak to and sell the candidate to their highest standard
• Closely examined job descriptions to thinking outside-of-the-box in regard to what information is missing and imperative before meeting with the client and/or beginning a job search
• Attended client meetings and possess the confidence and professionalism to ask questions, discuss open positions, and give recruiting options
• Approached Sourcers in other business units in regard to a screened candidate that may be suitable and has expressed interest in their respective positions
• Consistently kept previously sourced candidates in mind for present and future opportunities
• Served as a “go-to” person to the Recruiters when necessary around sourcing options
• Designed and delivered seminar to Wealth Management Recruiting US which served to drive a consistent and mandatory Recruiting approach including: Client Line Manager Meeting, Sourcing Strategy, and Candidate Centric Approach
• Worked on ad-hoc projects as needed such as global, bi-monthly, sourcing and pipelining calls

Confidential, – New York, New York 2005 – 2006
Exclusive permanent recruitment and temporary staffing firm.

Account Executive – Permanent Recruiting Division

• Recruited and interviewed Exempt and Non-Exempt Administrative staff for prestigious Financial, Fashion, Sales, Technology, and Advertising clients
• Appointed as main client contact for Lehman Brothers, JF Lehman Partners, MessageLabs, and Individualized Apparel Group
• Re-wrote, edited resumes appropriately to speak to and sell the candidate to their highest standard
• Utilized and maintained daily job postings using Careerbuilder, Monster, Craigslist, HotJobs, NY Times, and internal web site
• Generated detailed weekly Recruiting Status Report for management regarding Lehman Brothers
• Entered and maintained applicant status using mindSCOPE Database
• Served as Employee Relations contact regarding client and applicant concerns when necessary

Confidential, – New York, New York 2004 – 2005
Global experiential marketing agency within the Interpublic Group of companies.

Human Resources Generalist

• Recruited and interviewed Exempt, Non-Exempt, Diversity, Temporary, Intern, and Employee Referral candidates primarily for New Jersey and New York offices (1/3 of company)
• Solely organized and attended on-campus and Diversity recruiting events for Entry-Level and Interns (liaison between department managers, schools, and organizations)
• Recommend strong Campus and Diversity event candidates to managers
• Appointed as organizing summer intern program and partnering with other sister agencies; which included confirming how many are needed, what departments are participating, and researched what schools to attend
• Worked with managers in developing strong job descriptions
• Processed background checks, checked references, and processed monthly new hire report sent to all Executives world wide
• Advised managers and employees in regard to Employee Relations issues
• Conducted and maintained new hire orientation; including supplies and updating materials
• Independently drove initiative for modifying new hire forms, updating applications, generating organizational charts for all US offices, and creating mandatory legal resume files
• Liaison for employee Benefits between employees and Benefits Manager located in Gaithersburg, MD
• Processed new hire and termination requests, and answered all non-solicited calls on behalf of US offices
• Maintained weekly “Resume Library” viewed by all US recruiters, which had not been updated in over 3 years
• Posted and removed all on-line postings
• Represented Human Resources on work/life balance team, solely bring CPR Certification and local “Zagats Guide” for all new hires and employees to the company
• Other Ad-hoc projects as needed, for example; brain-storming promotion of “We-Connect” training sessions to employees, and ensuring all US offices follow strict background check procedures

Prior Relevant Experience

Confidential, Incorporated – New York, New York 3/01 – 5/04 
Human Resources

Confidential, – New York, New York 5/00 – 11/00 
Human Resources Coordinator – Advertising Division

Confidential, – Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 10/99 – 5/00
Editorial Assistant to A.V.P./Editor – Career, Health, Education, and Technology Textbook Division

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Human Resources – 
Double Minor: Psychology & Sociology

Weekly Citi Transaction Services SME courses, UBS course Project Management for Professionals; AIRS SearchLab 3.0 certification 2008, Certified Diversity Recruiter, The Key Competencies of Top Performing Recruiters, Best Practices in Assessment and Selection

Professional Association for Resume Writers - 2012

Awarded writing fellowship to attend 2-week seminar in Kenya held December 2009 offered by Summer Literary Seminars (SLS); 1st place winner out of 1,200 submissions world wide of the Tom Howard/John H. Reid short story writing contest for story entitled Chocolate Covered Crickets, based on 9/11 personal experience. 1 of 20 short story winners published in Storied Crossings Anthology. 9/11 personal experience story sold to The Northwoods Journal, located in Maine.

LinkedIn Corporate Solutions; Cluen Encore; Bloomberg; efinancialcareers; The Ladders; Taleo; BrassRing; Career Builder; HotJobs; Monster; PeopleSoft8; mindSCOPE; OrgPlus5; Lotus Notes; various Diversity association job boards as needed; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Outlook